Word: cooling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although Volcker still retains enormous respect from the business and banking communities, he is beginning to come under some criticism for failing to tighten down on credit and the money supply enough to cool off inflation. Says John F. McGillicuddy, chairman of New York City's Manufacturers Hanover Trust: "Money has not been particularly tight in large money-center banks. It has been expensive, but not all that tight." Selective credit controls, which could perhaps include a boost in the down payment required for a house or auto loan or an increase in the minimum monthly payment...
...fans have gone bananas, the team has kept cool, practicing as usual and preparing for Friday night as if it were just another game...
...People forget awfully fast. I remember in 1977 after I won the world championships. The man who held the title before me was skating around the rink and nobody recognized him. I came out and was mobbed. Popularity drops pretty quick after you stop being on top. Things will cool off for me, and that's the way I want it." How would he like to be remembered? "The way I am. Just me, Eric Heiden...
...aside from the fact that the carmaker had won possession again of the family mansion on Grosse Pointe's Lakeshore Drive that he moved out of on Dec. 23, 1975. But Detroiters figured the E.P.A. (for estimated percentage of Henry's assets) rating at 18%, meaning a cool $15 million lump sum for the ex-Mrs. Ford from her ex-husband's $85 million or so fortune...
Curry hit the first half of a one-and-one bonus before UConn's Cathy Bochain, who netted a cool 19 points on the evening, raced to the basket for two. Harvard quickly turned the ball over, and with 12 seconds on the clock, the Huskies had a chance to knot the score...